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Year in Review: Top 30 Articles of 2013
byHistory is best served through teamwork and collaboration, so thanks to the team of 48 writers who all made Journal of the American Revolution‘s…
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Militia and Continentals
byFor contemporary Americans the difference between militia and regular, or “Continental,” soldiers is hard to grasp. Both fought in the war. Both suffered casualties….
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The Time Travel Question
byIf you could time travel and visit any American city/colony/state for one year between 1763 and 1783, which city/colony/state and year would you choose?…
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Needs Further Exploration?
byWhat aspects of or questions regarding the American Revolution need to be further explored by historians? All of them. I think a return…
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Essential American Revolution Library?
byWhat books do you consider essential to any American Revolution buff’s library? Why? About 12 years ago I ran across John Buchanan’s The…
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Strategy to Pre-war Violence?
byDo you think there was a greater strategy behind most of the pre-war violence, or was it primarily raw emotion and vengeance? There…
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Washington’s Biggest Blunder?
byIn your opinion, what was George Washington’s biggest blunder of the war? Its impact, if any? Washington’s whole approach to the defense of…
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An Interview with Richard C. Wiggin
byRichard C. Wiggin is the author of Embattled Farmers: Campaigns and Profiles of Revolutionary Soldiers from Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1775-1783. This book is a very…
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Benjamin Franklin: America’s First Whistleblower
byEdward Snowden and the NSA documents. Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks diplomatic cables. Daniel Elsberg and the Pentagon papers. Benjamin Franklin and the Hutchinson…
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Washington’s Five Books
byOn 10 November 1775, slightly more than four months after he had taken command of the American troops besieging Boston, Gen. George Washington sent…
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Raid Across the Ice: the British Operation to Capture Washington
byIn early February 1780, General George Washington’s main army was encamped at Jockey Hollow, New Jersey. But the general maintained his headquarters about three…
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They Destroy’d the Tea!
byOn 6 December 1773, Lt. Col. Alexander Leslie of the 64th Regiment of Foot wrote a letter to the highest ranking official in the…
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5 Myths of Tarring and Feathering
by1. Myth: Tarring and feathering could be fatal. Busted: The notion that hot tar caused severe, sometimes fatal burns is based on the assumption…
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Congress Bans Theatre!
byAs a near-life-long New York resident and “struggling actor,” it is always a pleasure to see the ever-present throngs of theatre-goers throughout the City….
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George Washington’s Favorite Play
byThanks to the porous state of the British lines around Philadelphia and the industry of General Washington’s secret agents, there is little doubt that…
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Virginia on the Eve of Revolution
byParliament’s passage of the 1765 Stamp Act is rightly viewed by many as a key moment in the American Revolution. This new “internal” tax,…
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John Houstoun and the 1778 Expedition to East Florida
byAt the time of the revolution, John Houstoun was one of four brothers from a prominent plantation owning family in Georgia. Unlike Patrick and…
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A Short History of “Yankee Doodle”
byThe first version of “Yankee Doodle” seems to have been written by a British army physician, Dr. Richard Schuckberg, during the French and Indian…
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Murder of a Declaration Signer (Part 2)
byTHE TRIAL THAT GRIPPED THE NEW NATION The Grand Jury in Richmond determined that there was ample evidence of George Wythe Sweeney’s guilt. Virginia…
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Murder of a Declaration Signer (Part 1)
byGeorge Wythe was about the last person anybody would ever want to murder. At age 80, Wythe was an exceedingly kind and generous man…
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Richard Winn at Fort McIntosh
byIn the autumn of 1776 loyalists from East Florida under Thomas “Burntfoot” Brown and Daniel McGirth frequently raided the southern parishes of Georgia keeping…
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Charles Lee: Gift of Controversy
byUntil the capture of Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright in World War II, the highest-ranking American generals taken prisoner were Major Generals Benjamin Lincoln and…
Top 10 Most Popular Articles of November 2013
byWe had a lot to be thankful for in November. Aside from several great articles and new contributors, we celebrated the launch of our…